From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 13 16:26:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 223A616A4CE for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:26:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sage.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4433C43D1F for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:26:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao [10.0.0.247]) by sage.thought.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9DGQ3h0023399; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:26:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i9DGQ18h015076; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:26:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i9DGQ0qP015075; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:26:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:26:00 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Gary Dunn Message-ID: <20041013162600.GA15017@thought.org> References: <20041007073658.GA45887@thought.org> <1097661608.2639.33.camel@vaiosr7k.ozland> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1097661608.2639.33.camel@vaiosr7k.ozland> X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 18 years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: Gary Kline cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: GNOME questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:26:16 -0000 On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 12:00:02AM -1000, Gary Dunn wrote: > On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 21:36, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > To the Gnome wizards out there, > > > > I've been experimenting with different window managers > > and need some tips on how making Gnome more comfortable > > feel. Here are some miscellaneous questions: > > > > How do I create different sized xterms and/or gnome terms > > of different sizes in different workspaces? > > gnome-terminal can save settings in classes, and a class can be > specified on the launch command line. If you want them to open when > Gnome starts, add them in the session startup control. > In what specific file? Say that I want two xterms with a -14-- point type, one anchored at +0-0 and the other anchored at +0+0. Also, let's say that I want one to be initialized with '-iconic' and the other to be displayed. Where is the session startup control? (i have looked for docs on by-hand configuration; haven't found it.) > > > [ ... ] > > Both Gnome and KDE are nice front ends, but a bit heavy > > on the graphical interface side for a CLI hacker like > > me. Feedback welcome! > > A GUI is to the OS what a CPU case is to a motherboard. I am a Gnome fan > because it has the potential to bring OSS OSes to the masses. I have > always been a Mac fan, and like a well-designed GUI on my workstation. > But when I work on my servers I just ssh in and type away. Go figure. > In just the past few years the number of Gnome-specific apps have mushroomed--it's great that FBSD is getting more user-friendly--but without these hooks I get a slew of output to stderr. That's why it's time to move on, move up. Given my familiar set of xterms in various workspaces, switching would be much easier. gary > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix